MMTC Meets Pai on Redlining, Lifeline Program
Section 706 of the Telecom Act “remains available as an effective enforcement mechanism for anti-consumer practices, including specifically but not limited to redlining,” said the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council in a Friday filing in docket 17-108 on a…
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meeting with FCC Chairman Pai. It's "vital that the Commission include broadband in Lifeline so that the maximum benefit of this program is realized in connecting the unconnected.” MMTC said there's a need for apprenticeship programs, “including a program MMTC is operating in conjunction with the Wireless Infrastructure Association.” The group said it “discussed the importance of secondary markets and the impact that these transactions can have on new entrants, particularly minority entrepreneurs,” and "will follow-up regarding additional means to foster these transactions, including legislation.” MMTC President Kim Keenan and President Emeritus David Honig were among participants.